[3] A clear outline of Friley's life is missing; He seems to have appeared at unlikely places in time across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
In November 1880, through a series of revivals, helped to establish the First Baptist Church in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish in South Louisiana.
[6] While at Hardin-Simmons, he was half-owner of the denominational newspaper, West Texas Baptists, but he sold his interest even before he left Abilene.
Daughter Mittie K Friley Howell (1878-1962) was born in DeSoto Parish south of Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana.
Their son, Charles Edwin Friley (1887-1958), also born in Louisiana, had a highly successful career in higher education.